Scenario 9: Federated authentication: TotalAgility Azure with Azure ACS and other IdPs

The following diagram describes claims-based authentication where TotalAgility Azure uses federated security to authenticate with Azure ACS and othet identity providers.

Claims-based authentication - TotalAgility Azure with Azure ACS and other IdPs

One

The Client accesses TotalAgility.

Two

The Client selects an Identity Provider (IdP) such as Google Account.

Three

The Identity Provider authenticates the Client and returns the IdP token for the selected identity.

Four

The Identity Provider submits the IdP token to Azure ACS via the Client.

Five

Azure ACS validates the IdP token and creates an FP token.

Six

Azure ACS returns the FP token for TotalAgility.

Seven

Azure ACS submits the FP token to TotalAgility via the Client.

Eight

TotalAgility uses the token issued by STS and extracts the claims from the token.